Howard Stern replacing Piers Morgan on 'America's Got Talent'

Howard Stern will replace Piers Morgan as a judge on America's Got Talent, it has been announced.

Stern confirmed rampant rumors that he planned to join the NBC reality series on his Sirius XM radio show on Thursday (December 15), when his agent Don Buchwald presented him with his America's Got Talent contract on the air.

America's Got Talent will move its live shows from Los Angeles to New York to accommodate Stern's morning radio schedule.

The controversial radio host vowed to lead fellow judges Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel in finding America's next great superstar.

Stern said: "This nonsense of Howie and Sharon putting through less-than-talented people has got to stop. Under my administration there will be no Frank Sinatra impersonators winning for the year.

"If people think I'm the crazy man, I am not. I am the voice of reason… Goofy acts are not going through."

Stern also said that he will emulate former America's Got Talent judge Morgan, who was known for being harsher than Osbourne and Mandel.

"I'm going to be Piers [Morgan] on steroids," Stern vowed. "It's going to be a no-nonsense judge... I'm going to go there as a serious judge... It's gonna be something else... I am very excited."

NBC also confirmed Stern's hiring on Thursday, with the Peacock Network's president of late-night programming Paul Telegdy welcoming Stern to the NBC family.